Paul McCartney Explains Why He Can’t Cry On Stage

Paul McCartney is known for his emotional live performance but the rock legend says that one thing he can’t do on stage is cry. Speaking with the British edition of Esquire, Macca says he stops short of welling up on stage because all of his songs have different meanings to fans. “I’m really doing them just because they’re songs.”More »

By on July 14, 2015

Paul McCartney is known for his emotional live performance but the rock legend says that one thing he can’t do on stage is cry. Speaking with the British edition of Esquire, Macca says he stops short of welling up on stage because all of his songs have different meanings to fans. “I’m really doing them just because they’re songs. I mean, when I do ‘Let it Be’ I’m not thinking about my mum. If there’s one thing I know it’s that everyone in that audience is thinking something different. And that’s 50,000 different thoughts, depending on the capacity of the hall,” he said. “Obviously, when I do ‘Here Today’ as I do, that is very personal. That is me talking to John [Lennon, Paul’s former Beatles bandmate who was killed in 1980]. But as you sing them you review them. So I go, [sings] ‘What about the night we cried?’ And I’m thinking, ‘Oh, yeah: Key West’. We were all drunk. We’d delayed Jacksonville because of a hurricane.” He adds that despite his legendary status as a songwriter, he is always fueled to continue working. “Maybe I could write something that’s just more relevant or new. And that always drags you forward,” he added. “I mean, I never really felt like, ‘Oh, I did good.’ Nobody does. Even at the height of The Beatles. I prefer to think there’s something I’m not doing quite right, so I’m constantly working on it.” Copyright(c) 2015 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «